Sources Sought
DRYDOCK: USCGC COBIA DRY DOCK AVAILABILITY FY2026
Department of Homeland Security · US Coast Guard · Sol. 70Z08026QPBPLCOBIADD
Due in 24 days
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The U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center is doing market research to find shipyards able to drydock and repair the cutter COBIA, which is home ported in Panama City, FL. This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation. The work is a roughly 64-day repair availability with 47 listed work items.
Watch out for
- Dates look out of date. The anticipated work period (April to June 2026) is before the 11/02/2026 response deadline and the notice was posted in October 2025, so the real schedule is unclear.
anticipated to be for 64 calendar days with a start date of 04/21/2026 and end date
- Market research only. A response does not count as a proposal, so you must watch SAM.gov and bid again if a solicitation is issued.
to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant
- Inconsistent details in the notice. The hull number appears as WPB-87311 and WPB-87331, and the SAM.gov NAICS (33661) differs from the attachment's NAICS 336611, so confirm with the contracting officer.
- Large shipyard-type job. Drydocking, propulsion shaft and propeller renewal, and 47 work items need a capable shipyard or a strong teaming partner.
- Scope may change. The specification is not final, so work items could be added or dropped.
SPECIFICATION: (Subject to change at the discretion of the Government).
Full brief
What they want
- Drydock the cutter and provide temporary services to the vessel
- Hull work: structural analysis with 3D laser scan, ultrasonic testing and thickness measurements, hull plating renewal, underwater body and freeboard preservation
- Propulsion work: realign main engine and reduction gear, renew shafts, shaft bearings, bearing carriers, propellers and rudders
- Clean and inspect fuel, oily water, dirty oil, grey water and sewage tanks, and clean and flush grey water and sewage piping
- Preserve main deck, superstructure and mast
- Systems work: renew fathometer transducer, speed log skin valve and zinc anodes; clean HVAC ducting; replace intrusion detection system and fire alarm control panel
- Support sea trials
- Period of performance
- Anticipated 64 calendar days, start 04/21/2026, end 06/24/2026 (subject to change at the Government's discretion)
- Place of performance
- At the contractor's facility; cutter is home ported in Panama City, FL, with no geographical restriction
- Offers due
- 4:00 pm Eastern on 11/02/2026 (SAM.gov field shows 2026-11-02T16:00:00-05:00)
- How to submit
- E-mail to kurt.e.hoyer@uscg.mil and jaime.r.smith@uscg.mil
What to include when you submit
- Company name, address and Unique Identifier Number
- Point of contact and phone number
- Business size category under the NAICS code (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, VOSB, EDWOSB, WOSB, small, or large)
- Documentation verifying the claimed small business status (certificates for 8(a) and HUBZone; ownership and control documents for veteran and woman-owned claims; proof of size under NAICS 336611)
- Statement of how you will do the work and that you will submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued
- Past performance on similar work: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, points of contact and phone numbers; joint ventures should show past work done together
- Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information
You must have
- Register in SAM (System for Award Management)
Interested parties should register in the System for Award Management (SAM),
- Intend to bid as a prime contractor if a solicitation follows
work and that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a
- Be small under the Coast Guard's anticipated NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), size standard 1,300 employees; set-aside decisions may follow the responses
- Have a shipyard facility with drydock capability, since all work is done at the contractor's facility
There is no geographical restriction for this cutter.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and estimated value
- How a future award would be evaluated
- Detailed work item specifications (only titles are listed)
- Whether a set-aside will be used; this depends on responses to this notice
- Current anticipated schedule, since the stated dates appear to have already passed
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2025
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 70Z08026QPBPLCOBIADD
- Agency
- Department of Homeland Security · US Coast Guard
- Office
- SFLC Procurement Branch 1(00080)
- NAICS
- 33661
- Product/service code
- J998
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Place of performance
- Panama City, FL, 32408
- Contracting contact
- Kurt Hoyerkurt.e.hoyer@uscg.mil3046943603
Full notice text from SAM.gov
DRYDOCK: USCGC COBIA DRY DOCK AVAILABILITY FY2026
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